Punjab (region)

The Punjab is a region of northwestern India and eastern Pakistan that is known for a large Sikh population.

History
The Punjab had a population of 958,579 people (43.4% Sikh, 32.6% Islam, and 24% Hindu) as of summer 1706, by which point it was in the Mughal Empire. The region made most of its wealth from iron mining, with farming playing a smaller role as well. It was taken by the Maratha Confederacy in winter 1707. Rioting broke out due to religious differences but nobody was hurt, and the eventual positioning of a garrison of troops and conversion to Hinduism led to the Punjab's stability. But in the 1720s, the iron miners sent letters of demands to stop the government from industrializing due to clamor for reform, and more troops had to be stationed there.